Somebody in pick 41 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Packers sat still while Terrion Arnold, the No. 18 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.
The cost of the Bortolini reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Cooper DeJean
· CB
· rank 27
In No. 25 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Terrion Arnold
· CB
· rank 18
Terrion Arnold in slot 41 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Patrick Paul
· OT
· rank 69
A reach on Patrick Paul in pick 58; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Max Melton
· CB
· rank 76
They let Max Melton come to them and pounced at the 88th overall pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Bucky Irving
· RB
· rank 91
No drama and no debate, Bucky Irving went about where he belonged in pick No. 91. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Elijah Jones
· CB
· rank 115
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Elijah Jones at the 126th pick is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Tanor Bortolini
· C
· rank 188
A real head-scratcher, Tanor Bortolini in Round 5, Pick 33 is miles ahead of his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Ty'Ron Hopper
· LB
· rank 181
Ty'Ron Hopper at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Caedan Wallace
· OT
· rank 212
Caedan Wallace at pick 219 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Trevin Wallace
· LB
· rank 233
A slide stopped in the 245th overall pick, with Trevin Wallace worth more than the price. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· LaDarius Henderson
· OT
· rank 252
They did well to land LaDarius Henderson in No. 255, just ahead of his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.